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Lasik done soon, to decide which option to choose?

I plan on having lasik done, my options are : Monovision or correction just for distance and wear reading glasses...What is better?

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2. The answer to whether or not you should have monovision or full correction and use reading glasses is actually very easy to obtain...try it first! After about age 40 the ability to focus on near objects deteriorates to the point that one needs reading glasses or bifocals. This process is called presbyopia. People who are naturally myopic (nearsighted, shortsighted) may be able to simply remove their glasses that provide distance correction to see near objects. This is using one’s own myopia rather than reading glasses. For more on presbyopia, see: http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/sudden_presbyopia.htm Monovision is the process of fully correcting the dominant eye for distance vision and undercorrecting the nondominant eye for near vision. For more on eye dominance, see: http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-monovision-dominant-eye.htm After a few weeks, the brain figures out what is going on and combines the near and distant images. Monovision is not for everybody. About 1/3rd of those who try monovision don’t like it, and that does not take into account those who don’t try monovision because they don’t even like the idea of monovision. What you can do is wear disposable contact lenses that mimic monovision. After a few weeks you will know if you like monovision or not. A contact lens trial is an inexpensive way to determine if full correction or monovision is best for you, and a lot better than lasering it into your eyes then deciding you don’t like it. For more on monovision, see: http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-monovision.htm Glenn Hagele Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance USAEyes